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Dr. Pimple Popper Tackles a 'Cute' Pilar Cyst in Her Newest Instagram Video

What comes to mind when you think of the word "cute"? Is it a puppy? A baby? A tiny pig in an equally-tiny teacup? For most normal people, that's what "cute" means. But for Dr. Pimple Popper, "cute" constitutes...a perfectly-round pilar cyst. Are you surprised?
Dr. Pimple Popper Tackles 'Cute' Pilar Cyst
Dr. Pimple Popper Tackles 'Cute' Pilar Cyst

"Perfect example of a 'cute' Pilar cyst," celebrity dermatologist Dr. Sandra Lee-aka Dr. Pimple Popper-says in the caption of her latest Instagram video.

In it, the TLC star extracts a cyst from just above a patient's hairline. She makes an incision, and then, with just a little squeezing, the cyst pops out looking like a perfectly-round grape. Ta-da! Other viewers compared the cyst to a small reptile egg, a garbanzo bean, a clove of garlic, and even a toe. Personally, I'm still going with grape.

View this post on Instagram Perfect example of a cute Pilar cyst #Drpimplepopper A post shared by Sandra Lee, MD, FAAD, FAACS (@drpimplepopper) on Apr 28, 2019 at 7:03pm PDT

What is a pilar cyst?

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If you're a fan of Dr. Pimple Popper's content, you've probably seen her deal with pilar cysts before-like in this Easter-themed montage of egg-shaped extractions .

A pilar cyst-also known as a trichilemmal cyst, an isthmus-catagen cyst, or a "wen"-forms around a hair follicle, which is why they're typically found on the scalp, according to Medical News Today . They're usually harmless, but they tend to grow slowly, meaning many people don't realize they have 'em until they're quite large.

Pilar cysts affect somewhere between 5 and 10 percent of the population.

To see more of Lee's work on pilar cysts, here's a video of the dermatologist removing two that look exactly like orange seeds .

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